ASUS M4A78-E AM2+/AM3

[Flameethrower]

Im working on building a Phenom II 940 or 955 And wanted some insite on this motherboard.

I will be running the sapphire 4870 1gb in CF

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131368

OR
THis one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131361


Its the PCI e slots thats getting me. Im wanting the dual 16 x slots rather 16/8

 

[disk11]

Graphics cards barely saturate an 8x PCI-E lane, so don't let that be a limiting factor.

Unless you really need the bells and whistles of the Deluxe, the first one should be fine.

 

[Flameethrower]

Thanks for info.

One last thing since the 940 is Am2+ and the 955 is AM3 would i be able to run DDR3 1600 ram in either motherboard since their both am3 compatible.

 

[Short_CirktZ]

I was using an M4A78 Pro MoBo for a while and I really didn't care for it.. You'll need an AM3 chip to run the AM3 RAM.. The ram controller is built into the chip.

here's two more options for ya.. I am running a similar board to this first one and I LOVE it! It was out performed, in testing, by the second board that is an AM3 socket, though.


AM2/AM2+ Gigabyte MoBo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128384

This is going to be my next board build! The board I've been looking for! AM3 board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223

 

[disk11]

Here are the two DDR3 boards I'm bouncing between:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131363
Asus M4A79T Deluxe

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128377
Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P

 

[theflyingrat]

Thanks for info.

One last thing since the 940 is Am2+ and the 955 is AM3 would i be able to run DDR3 1600 ram in either motherboard since their both am3 compatible.

Neither of the motherboards you linked support DDR3 memory. Both motherboards will support both the 940 and 955 CPUs as far as I know, but you're required to use DDR2 memory with them.